This memorial website was created in memory of Don Whitworth, founder of the Campervan and Motorhome Club of Australia Limited (CMCA). Don passed away on March 9, 2015 and has left behind an incredible legacy. We will remember him always.
Tributes
Leave a tributeAlan & Margaret Harris. Q12017
We felt a great sense of loss when we heard of his passing on Monday.
We will remember Don as a vibrant founding member of the CMCA whose love of travelling with friends, grew to the forming of the CMCA with 100 chapters Australia wide since its inception in 1986.
His early vision for future travel in Campervans, Motorhomes and
Caravans expanded over the years with the formation of chapters which
grew to be the large family it is today, travelling the highways and byways of Australia.
Don’s legacy will live on through The Chapters, The Wanderer, The CMCA Website, the Rallies, the happy hours and the thousands of members who travel around our country together, enjoying the freedom of the open road, camping together and sharing the stories of their journeys around the campfire at the end of the day.
"Vale Don", and happy travelling on the highways throughout eternity.
Kindest Regards, Committee and members of the Mount Lofty Bushies Chapter, South Australia.
Being one of the youngest babies (chapter 99) we did not get to know our father real well but he will still be missed as we grow without his personal guidance.
Hank Flanagan Q33702
President
Gin Gin Gypsies
Leave a Tribute
Alan & Margaret Harris. Q12017
We felt a great sense of loss when we heard of his passing on Monday.
We will remember Don as a vibrant founding member of the CMCA whose love of travelling with friends, grew to the forming of the CMCA with 100 chapters Australia wide since its inception in 1986.
His early vision for future travel in Campervans, Motorhomes and
Caravans expanded over the years with the formation of chapters which
grew to be the large family it is today, travelling the highways and byways of Australia.
Don’s legacy will live on through The Chapters, The Wanderer, The CMCA Website, the Rallies, the happy hours and the thousands of members who travel around our country together, enjoying the freedom of the open road, camping together and sharing the stories of their journeys around the campfire at the end of the day.
"Vale Don", and happy travelling on the highways throughout eternity.
Kindest Regards, Committee and members of the Mount Lofty Bushies Chapter, South Australia.
A journo remembers
I cannot quite remember when I first met Don and Erica. I think it was around about the time they took ownership of their last campervan - a Trakka built conversion. I do know it was at a rally somewhere though. Don and Erica always took interest in my RV journalism work - Caravan World, Motorhome World (as it was for a few years) and more latterly, an epublication, iMotorhome. Don and Erica frequently seemed to have a busy time at rallies but I enjoyed our brief chats together and Don's encouragement. He often reminded me of the role that Caravan World played in the CMCA's beginning - well before my time I should point out. Undoubtedly Don has left a fine legacy in the form of the club - from little acorns you might say, to what the CMCA is today. I briefly met the Whitworth family at the Deniliquin 25th Anniversary Rally and to you and Erica in particular, my deepest sympathy in your loss - husband, father, grandfather and club founder.
MJS